'Lychee' definitions:

Definition of 'lychee'

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noun
Chinese fruit having a thin brittle shell enclosing a sweet jellylike pulp and a single seed; often dried [syn: litchi, litchi nut, litchee, lichi, leechee, lichee, lychee]

Definition of 'Lychee'

From: GCIDE
  • Lychee \Ly"chee`\, n. (Bot.) See Litchi. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'lychee'

From: GCIDE
  • Litchi \Li"tchi`\ (l[=e]"ch[=e]`), n. (Bot.) The fruit of a tree native to China (Nephelium Litchi). It is nutlike, having a rough but tender shell, containing an aromatic pulp, and a single large seed. In the dried fruit which is exported the pulp somewhat resembles a raisin in color and form. [Written also lichi, and lychee.] [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Bot.) A genus of East Indian sapindaceous trees consisting of a single species (Litchi Chinensis, syn. Nephelium Litchi) which bears the litchi nut. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]